Ohio_Blimpie
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Hey everyone! My name is Steven (Ohio_Blimpie). I am 29 years old and from the wonderful state of Ohio. I’m writing to give you a little information about me and what has come of my weight gain. I have always been considered a “bigger” guy. Throughout my life, until I graduated high school, I played 2 or 3 sports. My heaviest weight was around 242 pounds when I was playing football and baseball in high school. At the age of 16, I was really starting to get into lifting. My dad recognized my interested and recommend I meet one of his friends, who was a trainer. Let’s just call him “Trainer J.” Trainer J would train me and I would workout in his basement gym.
Training was going well and my lifts were significantly increasing. I was squatting 605 for 3, benching 315, and dead lifting 500, all raw and at age 16. One evening while training, Trainer J said he wanted me to meet his brother (we can call him Trainer G) who was a power lifter to see what I could max out in the squat.
The next heavy leg day, I will never forget, was on a Monday. I went out there, scared out of my mind, not knowing what I was getting myself into, and met Trainer G. Trainer G took charge. I started to find out rack height and learned to use a mono lift for the squat. That day, at 16 years old, I ended up squatting 635 pounds. My trainers were amazed how well I could squat. It was instantaneous; I was hooked and loved it out there!
Trainer G became my “official” trainer for lifting, football, and baseball. A year went by and this is where my weight gained started. A power lifters mind set is—the more food, the bigger you get—the more you lift. In a year’s time I went from weighing 242 pounds to 275 pounds.
During the summer of my sophomore year (16 years old weighing 275), I participated in my first power lifting meet and lifted a squat of 675, bench of 365, and dead lift of 555. Throughout my high school years, I continued to power lift and continued gaining weight. By the time I was 18 years old and in my senior year of high school, my weight was close to 300 pounds. During this time I was setting records (listed below)*, getting national exospores, and even received a sponsor offer.
I continued power lifting and competed in my last meet at the age of 21. I set my ultimate personal goal, squatting 1030 pounds during an event you might have heard of, the Arnold Classic, squatting in front of thousands of people. I continued to train and lift and at the age of 22 I was offered a job in Columbus, Ohio. Columbus is two and hours away from my hometown of Port Clinton, Ohio. I took the position in Columbus and this is when weight got crazy.
For the past 6 years I have been focusing on my career and my life. During this time, I gradually gained weight reaching my current weight of 389.8 pounds (as of October 25, 2013). Gaining weight has been hard and my body hurts. I have struggled with friends, family, and some of the closest people in my life telling me I need to lose weight or I am going to die. My journey is going to start now and my goal is to be 220 pounds by September 2, 2014 (my 30th birthday).
My log is going to fun and honest documenting my workouts, photos, videos, and anything else I can think of that will make my journey memorable. I am embarking on this journey on my own. There will be no doctors, no trainers…no help. There will be a lot of trial and error. I intend to explain every detail of what I do. This journey is going to be that of an average person, no fancy, expensive methods. So… here it goes… lets take this world by storm! Steven
*Power lifting records:
• 16 years old (squat: 675, bench: 365, dead lift: 555) at 275 body weight
• 17 years old (squat: 725, bench: 425, dead lift: 605) at 275 body weight
• 18 years old (squat: 805, bench: 455, dead lift: 615) at 275 body weight
• 19 years old (squat: 925, bench: 525, dead lift: 625) at 275 body weight
• 20 years old (Missed 1000 pound squat to be the youngest to ever squat 1000 pounds bench: 584, dead lift: 630) at 275 body weight.
• 21 years old (squat 1030 at the time I was the youngest to ever squat 1000 pounds, bench 605, and dead lift 650) at 308 body weight.
Training was going well and my lifts were significantly increasing. I was squatting 605 for 3, benching 315, and dead lifting 500, all raw and at age 16. One evening while training, Trainer J said he wanted me to meet his brother (we can call him Trainer G) who was a power lifter to see what I could max out in the squat.
The next heavy leg day, I will never forget, was on a Monday. I went out there, scared out of my mind, not knowing what I was getting myself into, and met Trainer G. Trainer G took charge. I started to find out rack height and learned to use a mono lift for the squat. That day, at 16 years old, I ended up squatting 635 pounds. My trainers were amazed how well I could squat. It was instantaneous; I was hooked and loved it out there!
Trainer G became my “official” trainer for lifting, football, and baseball. A year went by and this is where my weight gained started. A power lifters mind set is—the more food, the bigger you get—the more you lift. In a year’s time I went from weighing 242 pounds to 275 pounds.
During the summer of my sophomore year (16 years old weighing 275), I participated in my first power lifting meet and lifted a squat of 675, bench of 365, and dead lift of 555. Throughout my high school years, I continued to power lift and continued gaining weight. By the time I was 18 years old and in my senior year of high school, my weight was close to 300 pounds. During this time I was setting records (listed below)*, getting national exospores, and even received a sponsor offer.
I continued power lifting and competed in my last meet at the age of 21. I set my ultimate personal goal, squatting 1030 pounds during an event you might have heard of, the Arnold Classic, squatting in front of thousands of people. I continued to train and lift and at the age of 22 I was offered a job in Columbus, Ohio. Columbus is two and hours away from my hometown of Port Clinton, Ohio. I took the position in Columbus and this is when weight got crazy.
For the past 6 years I have been focusing on my career and my life. During this time, I gradually gained weight reaching my current weight of 389.8 pounds (as of October 25, 2013). Gaining weight has been hard and my body hurts. I have struggled with friends, family, and some of the closest people in my life telling me I need to lose weight or I am going to die. My journey is going to start now and my goal is to be 220 pounds by September 2, 2014 (my 30th birthday).
My log is going to fun and honest documenting my workouts, photos, videos, and anything else I can think of that will make my journey memorable. I am embarking on this journey on my own. There will be no doctors, no trainers…no help. There will be a lot of trial and error. I intend to explain every detail of what I do. This journey is going to be that of an average person, no fancy, expensive methods. So… here it goes… lets take this world by storm! Steven
*Power lifting records:
• 16 years old (squat: 675, bench: 365, dead lift: 555) at 275 body weight
• 17 years old (squat: 725, bench: 425, dead lift: 605) at 275 body weight
• 18 years old (squat: 805, bench: 455, dead lift: 615) at 275 body weight
• 19 years old (squat: 925, bench: 525, dead lift: 625) at 275 body weight
• 20 years old (Missed 1000 pound squat to be the youngest to ever squat 1000 pounds bench: 584, dead lift: 630) at 275 body weight.
• 21 years old (squat 1030 at the time I was the youngest to ever squat 1000 pounds, bench 605, and dead lift 650) at 308 body weight.